Ruminations on Spirituality, Recovery and Creativity

Pride Can Halt Recovery

In light of the continuing local and national headlines regarding heroin overdose rates and chronic abuse of opioid painkillers such as Vicodin and Percocet, I felt it was necessary to reblog my post from April of this year.

With all the interest in self-esteem and self-worth, there is another element to think about when we consider pride. Some of us come from families where we were not taught healthy emotional language and habits. We did not get a balanced perspective on the world and on relationships. Some of us actually got a distorted view of where we stood in relation to the rest of the world. We felt less than. In order to make up for that, we learned to exaggerate and lie and blow our accomplishments way out of proportion in order to feel of some value. To succeed in our recovery and in life, we have to stop thinking we are worth less than others. We need to see the glass half full instead of half empty. We have to get rid of feelings of inability before we can make progress. As we learn more…